6 Theories About Taylor Swift's New Album Which Might Be Coming Sooner Than Expected

26 Feb 2019

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Are you ready for it?

So Taylor Swift has been very active on Instagram recently, and as any good Swiftie should know, she never does anything unintentionally…

Over the past couple days she has posted a photo of palm trees, herself sitting on a staircase, and her face inside a fence.

Sure, they might just be aesthetic Instagram photos with no meaning behind them, but Taylor Swift fans are convinced that new music is dropping very soon.

But, how?

For starters, all the photos she has posted are heavily filtered with similar colour schemes, and if we learnt anything from her Reputation era, it’s that the girl loves a theme.

But looking at the photos individually, Swifties have a lot of ideas.

Look, some of these theories might be far-fetched, but Taylor is often very cryptic about her new music. In the lead up to her 2014 album 1989, she similarly posted a number of clues on social media, including elevator buttons and drawings of New York City, so this might not be as random as it seems.

We’ll let you make your own decisions about these theories…

She’s teasing a countdown to the weekend

The main theory that many fans agree on is that the Instagram photos are counting down to the release of her lead single this weekend. It’s important to note that the Taylor Swift calendar has specific dates marked with stamps or flowers, one of those being March 2nd.

This theory regards the genre of her upcoming album, and could either mean that she is going to be releasing a country/pop fusion, or she is going to be releasing something completely different to anything she has done before.

My theory: Okay so in this picture there are 4 palm trees on the left (4 country albums). There are two palm trees on the right (2 pop albums). There is one large palm tree in the middle. This represents her new album. It’s gonna be a diff genre than anything she’s ever done pic.twitter.com/cVpc1mrFF0

The placement of the palm trees may relate to the date she will release new music. Four palms, one palm and two palms, which is four-one-two or April 12. The first weekend of Coachella takes place on April 12th.

Isn’t it highly suspect that Taylor has April 13th marked on the calendar and that she just posted a very Coachella picture AND it so happens to be that Coachella is is April 12, 13th, and 14th?!?!?!!! What. Is. She. Up. To. pic.twitter.com/suv58PLQRR

During Taylors 73 questions with vogue Interview, she tells us that one thing she's always wanted to do but been afraid to do is to go to coachella. Maybe shes finally going to go to coachella (or maybe she's going to perform) on April 13th. @taylorswift13@taylornation13

Another theory has to do with the stars in the palm tree image, which should be noted as a pre-existing filter from the app ColorStory. With 61 stars, Swifties think a single could be released on April 26th, which already has significance related to tree conservation.April 26th is also a Friday, which is typically the day of the week when musicians release new music.

Crazy #TS7 Theory: So if there’s 60 stars as some have said, let’s say there’s about 60/61 There’s 61 days until April 26, FRIDAY, a SINGLE RELEASE day! Another connection is April 26 is Arbor Day, a connection to PALM TREES!? @taylorswift13 look what your doing to us pic.twitter.com/L4ucFuxCub

Sure, it’s random, but let’s look at the facts. Taylor wore an Ariel-Inspired costume at her New Year’s Eve party, she wore a mermaid T-shirt at the end of the Reputation Netflix special, plus (this one is pretty random) The Little Mermaid was released November 13 1989, exactly one month before Taylor was born. Mind blown.

She’s wearing a mermaid shirt at the very end of the rep movie which is the end of rep era, to dress up like a mermaid to bring in TS7 year, coincidence?

Taylor’s t-shirt in the most recent Instagram photo features the forget-me-not flower, which blooms in April and is said to have “the virtue of ensuring that the wearer of the flower would never be forgotten by a lover".

She first wore the shirt in Australia, where she also posted a photo of herself and her mother playing Scrabble. Fans were quick to point out that the points on the visible tiles equal seven, which was assumed to be her teasing her upcoming 7th album.

uhm okay so B in scrabble is worth 3 pts. while I, O, I, E are all 1 pt. each so if you'll get the sum, it is equal to 7 and the caption says 'Let the games BEGIN.' oh mY GOD, WE ARE READY FOR IT!!! #TS7pic.twitter.com/JEUVe6C6X4